Who REALLY lobbies for regulation?
Hint: it’s not the “socialists” … Here are three examples of big business lobbying for regulation to the detriment of small business: Big publishers in mid-90s pushing to extend the length of copyrights and gut the idea of fair-use; this pretty much stifled the growth of upstart Kinko’s and their production of course packets. In [...]
Let’s Put An Export Tariff On Natural Gas
Jim Cramer is continuing to bang the natural gas drum — I would link here, but the blog entry is on the premium side of “TheStreet.com”. Sorry. In a nutshell, though, Cramer talks about how South America is becoming a net importer of natural gas and how it’s making sense for places like Argentina to [...]
Worthless Financial Products
Listen. Some financial products are so worthless and without merit to the consumer that they belong in the junkyard as far as you’re concerned. Here is my admittedly non-comprehensive list of some these dubious products.
Evaluating A Covered Call
So, for whatever reason, I bought 100 shares of NVidia (NVDA) on February 19. I like their technology graphics cards and Christmas 2010 could prove to be a big win for them considering all the pent-up demand there is for new computers. On the other hand, I think AMD is running away from CPU manufacturing [...]
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em … Jared’s Portfolio Of Evil
Would you invest in a company that peddled death, took advantage of the sick, polluted the environment or abrogated workers’ rights? Or are you one of those goody-two-shoe “ethical” investors who wouldn’t touch a company like Altria (MO) with a ten-foot pole? Yeah, right. Cry me a river. I’m in it for the money, and [...]